Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 4 Crude Basic Cultivation Methods

After sorting out his thoughts, Shi Quan gradually came to his senses and began to examine the changes in himself.

To his surprise, this time the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid did not increase his innate soul power; it remained at level four.

However, he could clearly feel that his perception had been greatly enhanced, the world in his eyes had become clearer, and the sounds outside the house had become more distinct.

He wasn't sure if this change was brought about by his third martial soul awakening or by the martial soul awakening liquid.

It was also because of the change in his perception that he noticed his body had become more resilient due to the effects of the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid. His entire physique and temperament underwent some subtle changes, and his youthful face inexplicably gained a more mature and steady charm, while his eyes also appeared more lively.

In the original novel, Tang San's appearance changed after he awakened his martial soul, the Blue Silver Empress, for the second time. Shi Quan speculated that his current changes might also be due to the awakening of his martial soul.

Fortunately, his changes were not very noticeable, and ordinary people could not see anything, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to explain it.

"What should I call my third spirit?" Shi Quan asked, idly playing with the empty bottle in his hand as he summoned his third spirit.

A phantom figure appeared in front of Shi Quan. His third martial soul should be somewhere between a beast martial soul and a body martial soul, and it was manifested in the form of possession.

Because it was formed from his own soul, consciousness, and obsession, Shi Quan could clearly feel the difference between his third martial soul and his first and second martial souls. That difference was in control. Almost with a thought, his third martial soul could condense and appear according to his thoughts, and even perform a series of actions, which was something his first two martial souls could not do.

"Intention? Consciousness? Soul? Spirit? Obsession?"

Words related to his third martial soul floated into his mind. After some thought, Shi Quan muttered to himself, "How about calling it Spirit Soul?"

The first martial soul, Blue Silver Grass.

Second Martial Soul: Soil.

The third martial soul, the spirit soul.

With the martial spirit issue resolved, Shi Quan's gaze returned to the empty bottle in his hand, and he skillfully stored it into his system space.

Although it's just an empty bottle, its material is quite special. Shi Quan couldn't just throw away something so groundbreaking. If it caused any trouble, he'd be the one with the headache. Keeping it now might actually come in handy later.

After receiving the reward, Shi Quan began to study the system space. After some testing and questioning, Shi Quan also learned about the limitations of the system space.

The storage space provided by the system can only store items produced by the system itself; items from Douluo Continent cannot be stored there.

However, Shi Quan quickly found a bug.

He tried putting some small items into the empty bottle that had previously contained the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid, and then putting the empty bottle back into the system space. To his surprise, the items placed in the empty bottle were also stored in the system space.

In other words, the setting that prevents storage outside the system actually has a certain loophole. It was this discovery that immediately piqued Shi Quan's interest. Could there be other loopholes in the system that could help him obtain more treasure chest rewards?

Thus, another hour of testing and questioning ensued.

With a helpless sigh, Shi Quan ended the test. Needless to say, apart from a small loophole in the storage, he found nothing else.

After an hour of questioning, Shi Quan gained a more comprehensive understanding of the system.

The treasure chests triggered by the system will randomly contain rewards. Once triggered, the treasure chests can be opened directly without any specific requirements.

The only thing giving Shi Quan a headache right now is how to trigger the treasure chest.

Boom boom boom!

"Xiao Quan, are you cultivating?"

A knocking sound came from outside, along with Li Meili's cautious voice.

Shi Quan paused in writing. The paper contained several directions for triggering the treasure chest, but the content was extremely concise and made little sense.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Shi Quan replied, glancing at the note on the table again before crumpling it into a ball and throwing it into the trash can. He then got up and walked toward the door.

"What do you think of the cultivation method? Didn't Master Su Yuntao say that cultivation should not be rushed, but should be done steadily and surely? I'm afraid you're too impatient."

Seeing Shi Quan open the door, Li Meili's beautiful eyes immediately scrutinized him from head to toe. But upon seeing him, her expression changed, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes. She grabbed Shi Quan's arm, her voice trembling as she asked, "Little Quan, did something go wrong with your cultivation?"

Although Shi Quan's changes were not significant, Li Meili noticed them with just a glance.

Shi Quan was stunned for a moment, then he realized what was happening and felt a warmth in his heart. The changes in him were hard for ordinary people to notice, probably even for Soul Masters, but Li Meili saw them at a glance. This showed how much Li Meili cared about him, which was why she was so perceptive in noticing his abnormality.

Shi Quan, with an air of self-importance, patted his chest and said, "Mom, what are you thinking? Do I look like I've messed up my cultivation? I look like I've achieved success in my cultivation!"

Li Meili smiled as she looked at Shi Quan's mature demeanor. Worrying only makes one panic. Upon closer inspection, Li Meili noticed that Shi Quan seemed more composed. She wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Shi Quan's originally innocent and childlike face had gained a touch of husbandly charm, which reassured her a bit.

"It's good that your cultivation is going smoothly, but you must pay attention to what Master Su Yuntao said, understand?" Li Meili subconsciously reminded Shi Quan.

Without batting an eye, Shi Quan said, "Don't worry, Mom. Don't you know what kind of son you have?"

Only he knew that this was not a change brought about by cultivation at all; he hadn't even glanced at the cultivation manual.

"You, you." Li Meili chuckled and shook her head, poking Shi Quan's head.

Like Li Meili, Shi Jian, who was standing on one side, also noticed Shi Quan's change and asked him questions as well.

Only after Shi Quan's explanation did Shi Jian feel relieved.

Dinner was exceptionally lavish compared to usual, and the family happily sat down to eat.

Shi Quan looked at his bowl full of food, and even Shi Jian, who rarely drank, had a few drinks. The family was exceptionally happy, and the effects of the awakening of the Spirit Soul on Shi Quan's heart were greatly relieved by this heartwarming scene.

The dinner lasted until late at night.

Shi Quan then returned to his room. Usually, at this time, Shi Quan would already be in bed preparing to sleep.

However, Shi Quanke had no intention of sleeping at the moment; his gaze and attention were focused on the booklet on his desk.

That was the basic cultivation manual that Su Yuntao gave him.

Because of various other things, he finally had time to study cultivation.

After taking the cultivation manual, Shi Quan quickly and carefully began to read it. The manual was not thick and the content was not much. In less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Quan had read through the contents of the manual.

"This is way too easy..."

After reading the manual in his hand, Shi Quan couldn't help but secretly complain. The cultivation methods in the manual were not simple at all; they were rudimentary.

In short, it means using the innate soul power within the body to attract surrounding energy into the body.

There is no operational route or method; it is simply about feeling the soul power and then using it to attract and pull energy into the body.

According to the manual, the higher one's innate soul power, the stronger one's ability to attract and absorb energy; the lower one's innate soul power, the slower one's absorption. Without innate soul power, one cannot absorb energy, which is the advantage of innate soul power.

To increase cultivation speed, unless one breaks through to a higher level, the cultivation speed will remain at the initial absorption rate of innate soul power.

The higher the innate soul power, the more significant the improvement will be after breaking through to the Soul Master level. For example, the initial cultivation speed of innate level one soul power is one, and the cultivation speed of full soul power is ten. After breaking through from Soul Warrior to Soul Master, the cultivation speed of innate level one soul power may change from one to two, while the cultivation speed of innate full soul power may change from ten to twenty or even higher.

This is what is known as the talent gap.

"This should only be the most basic cultivation method. Whether it's the Spirit Hall or the three upper sects, they must have more advanced cultivation methods."

Even though Shi Quan knew nothing about cultivation, he could clearly sense that this basic cultivation method was far too crude.

With just one attempt, Shi Quan sensed the surrounding energy according to the basic cultivation methods in the book and successfully integrated the surrounding energy into his body.

To Shi Quan's surprise, not only could he sense the energy around him, but even with his eyes closed, he could see faint energy points shimmering around his body.

He had only heard of internal vision in the original work, which allowed him to observe the flow and circulation of soul power within the body; he had never heard of external vision, which allowed him to see energy.

The only unusual thing about him is the three martial souls within him. Shi Quan speculates that this special situation is most likely due to his third martial soul, Lingpo.

……

The sun rises in the east.

dong dong dong.

"Xiao Quan, you're still not up?"

Li Meili's soft voice called out again from outside.

Hearing the commotion outside, Shi Quan, who had been cultivating all night, finally woke up. Looking at the sunlight filtering through the window, he realized that he had been cultivating all night.

"Get up." Shi Quan responded. The night's cultivation did not make Shi Quan feel tired at all, but sitting cross-legged for a whole night was inevitably a bit uncomfortable. He quickly moved his stiff limbs and got up to walk towards the door.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

"You practiced again after you got back last night? And very late at night?"

"It's alright, it's alright." Shi Quan chuckled, he could see the worry between Li Meili's brows.

Li Meili said this because Shi Quan would usually be up by this time, and it was extremely rare for him to be still asleep when the sun was high in the sky.

"Cultivation is certainly good, but you also need to pay attention to rest. Master Su Yuntao also said that you can't rush it. Have you forgotten?"

"I haven't forgotten. I know I was wrong. I won't do it again next time. Don't worry, Mom." Shi Quan knew that Li Meili was just worried about him, so he quickly pretended to know that he was wrong and grabbed Li Meili's arms with both hands, acting coquettishly.

Li Meili had mixed feelings of worry and love for her son. Seeing Shi Quan acting so coquettishly, she could only smile helplessly and shake her head to get down to business. "Alright, your dad wants you to go to the clay sculpture workshop. Stop pretending here."

"A clay sculpture house?" Shi Quan looked puzzled. "Shouldn't Dad be making clay sculptures at this time?"

"You'll find out when you get there," Li Meili waved her hand, pretending she didn't know either.

The clay sculpture room is not a special place; it's just a small room behind their courtyard, a room dedicated to Shi Jian's clay sculpture making.

There's nothing special about it. Shi Quan used to go there often. The reason he looked puzzled was that no one was allowed to enter the clay sculpture room when Shi Jian was making clay sculptures. According to Shi Jian, he could only make those lifelike clay sculptures when he was alone in the clay sculpture room and calmed down. He didn't want anyone to disturb him.

Even Shih Chuan had never seen Shih Chien make clay sculptures in their entirety, from childhood to adulthood.

In the village, Shi Jian's clay sculptures have always been exceptional, and many people want to become Shi Jian's apprentices to learn the secrets of making clay sculptures from him, but all of them are rejected. When Shi Quan was young, he also asked Shi Jian, and Shi Jian's answer at the time was that it was not the right time yet, and he would have to wait until he was at least six years old.

He had completely forgotten about it, but now Shi Jian suddenly asked him to go find him while he was making a clay sculpture. Could it be that Shi Jian was going to teach him the secrets of making clay sculptures?

Thinking of this, Shi Quan felt a little curious. What exactly was Shi Jian's secret?

(End of this chapter)